Safety

How to take your child car seat on a flight

Travelling abroad this summer? Most airlines will allow you to carry your child car seat for free, but it's worth checking before you fly.

UK towing rules: here’s what you can legally tow this summer

Planning a caravan holiday this summer? We explain what you can legally tow, which depends on when you passed your driving test.

Smart motorways to get new safety tech by September 2022

National Highways will add safety cameras and radar-based technology to the UK's smart motorways by the end of September this year.

UK drivers say speeding has become less acceptable

Research by independent road safety charity IAM RoadSmart finds UK drivers are less approving of breaking speed limits than in 2016.

Most drivers are scared to use the hard shoulder on smart motorways

Three-quarters of drivers avoid using the hard shoulder when it's a running lane. And only five percent think smart motorways are safer.

Less than half of drivers know eyesight rules

New DVLA research has found less than half of drivers know they must be capable of reading a car number plate from 20 metres away.

Safety fears over plans to scrap trailer towing test

Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart is concerned a government proposal could lead to new towing dangers, heightened by a boom in caravanning.

New Genesis models score five stars in Euro NCAP crash tests

The Genesis G80 and GV80 have both scored a full five stars in the latest round of crash tests by Euro NCAP.

Older drivers unlikely to benefit from more education

New research published in the United States shows that older drivers are unlikely to benefit from classroom education and in-car training.

Number of breath tests will DOUBLE in December

Breathalyser tests are set to double in December, as the police clamp down on drink-driving. People are consuming more alcohol in lockdown.